Wonder's Medical Grow: Purple Widow, Wonder Woman, 1000W hps PICS!

I still dont have the 1000w HPS Bulb. They keep sending me the wrong god damn bulb. I ordered a 1000w HPS they send me first a 400w HPS and I call and they send a 1000w MH. Shit can not go on like this so I decided to go to my local grow store and I purchased a horizontal Hydrofarm hood and a light mover. The parabolic reflector one is going right back to the online retailer. Will get pics up tonite.

looks good. Wish I had room for a 1000w. How you liking the nutrients?

Why not keep the reflector? It looks pretty sweet to me...
And which website did you order it from?

Integra21 said:

looks good. Wish I had room for a 1000w. How you liking the nutrients?

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Nutrients are good so far. Just started on the vegetation cycle nutrients. Things are starting to take off a little bit. Can't wait to get into a good cycle and understand it all.

BlackRoses: Got the large parabolic from PlanetNatural.com I usually shop in store, but recently moved and decided to continue business with them. They sent me the wrong light bulb 3 times which pissed me off. I thought I may need some air cooling and there is no way to really do that with a parabolic. I bought a huge Xxtrasun Hood from my local grow shop for a little over a $100.

Also I got a light mover and the parabolic wouldn't do very well on that I imagine!

Everybody is doing all right. I had the 1000w running yesterday about 3-4' away and the plants did not like it. They got a little lighter in color and then leaves started curling down. I put them back on the 400w MH and am going to start the 1000w HPS much higher and then lower it gradually over a week. I think that should get them better.

Sorry I haven't updated in a while I have been very busy with a new job and with school starting. I have a few correspondence classes which should give me a little bit more time to keep current. I have a few pics for everybody.

1. New hood and light mover
2. Everybody
3. BlueBerry
4. Flo
5. Topped Flo

Wow man, you ceratainly have all the tools needed to get this grow pumping!

Time to start training those girls..

Hi everybody,
Been really busy, slow start to a long holiday weekend. Went to the grow shop today and picked up a light meter, some hydroton, a net pot and 5 gallon bucket set, and some Einstein oil. Decided to put my 400w MH in my parabolic and drop it low over the plants. I think its gonna be great compared to the homemade hood that was previously on there.
Also I got (5) 2 lamp 48" flourescent fixtures with half aquarium bulbs and half 6500k for vegging. I don't have space for them yet but may get a tent or build a cabinent type deal.

I have tied down most of the plants, they are doing good and the under vegetation is popping through. Little worried about doing it to early because they were only 6 inches tall, but probably about 9 inches wide.
Here are some pics for you all:

Hey there! No replies...... Got to change that. Today was an interesting day. I decided i would build a new veg zone for the 400w MH w/ the 42" parabolic reflector. Bought some wood and got it done. Bought a few fans at the salvage store and ended up cutting myself on one of the metal blades , cutting my project short with a trip to the ER. Last night I gave the plants a spray of Einstein Oil (neem oil), water and a wetting agent. They look awesome today! Getting so big! Here are a few pics. Will get back to you soon. Thanks for looking.

I found a boy in with the girls today! that didn't last long. One of the Purple Widow seeds(only strain that I have non-feminized). I am hoping to get some clones to put in a 5 gallon DWC Bucket. I would also like to add that I built the new veg room (yesterdays pics) for $30 dollars including wood, screws and fans from a used construction materials store near my house. Dimenisions are 4 by 4' and 6 feet tall. The 400w MH in the parabolic will fit in there great and then I will start running the 1000 in the flowering room.
I need some help with a few things.

How should I start training these plants to maximize yield? I have topped the Flo and fimmed a Blueberry, but want to start tying them over or out.

Anybody know the best way to make a door out of Poly? Velcro?

Help figuring a perpetual cycle? 3 rooms, 12 plant maximum. Please help this is driving me fucking nuts.

How are you liking the technaflora's recipe for success? I just picked it up recently and was wondering how you are using it?

wonderblunder said:

I found a boy in with the girls today! that didn't last long. One of the Purple Widow seeds(only strain that I have non-feminized). I am hoping to get some clones to put in a 5 gallon DWC Bucket. I would also like to add that I built the new veg room (yesterdays pics) for $30 dollars including wood, screws and fans from a used construction materials store near my house. Dimenisions are 4 by 4' and 6 feet tall. The 400w MH in the parabolic will fit in there great and then I will start running the 1000 in the flowering room.
I need some help with a few things.

How should I start training these plants to maximize yield? I have topped the Flo and fimmed a Blueberry, but want to start tying them over or out.

Anybody know the best way to make a door out of Poly? Velcro?

Help figuring a perpetual cycle? 3 rooms, 12 plant maximum. Please help this is driving me fucking nuts.

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Alright I got an answer to all your questions I think..
First of all, how did you find a male without being in flowering? Please clarify if you're indeed flowering already

- To properly train those plants I recommend vegging them for another week atleast. Then do LST (Low Stress Training).. this you can do by taking Bending wires and tie them softly to bend the stems so they can get direct lighting and in return you'll find your plant becoming very fat because of extra branches.
good tutorial for LST: http://www.marijuanagrowing.eu/dubman-guide-low-stress-training-lst-t2335.html (not a link for RIU journals..)

- Then you could top or fim them to get more buds or cola's.. (look at my current plants.. )
good tutorial for fimming: https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/200413-fimming-m-blaze-complete-how.html

-Here's the best perpetual cycle ever created and it's from our very own Al. B
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/6592-get-harvest-every-2-weeks.html

You'll love it if you haven't seen it yet.

tom__420 said:

How are you liking the technaflora's recipe for success? I just picked it up recently and was wondering how you are using it?

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Hey Tom,
Thanks for checking in to my grow. I am following the recipe for success by the instructions, but adding guanos, and several other things. Started at the veg cycle recipe and with 50% STRENGTH nutrients. Good luck. Im gonna check out your grow.

Sounds good man, I am psyched to see how this grow unfolds

BlackRoses said:

Alright I got an answer to all your questions I think..
First of all, how did you find a male without being in flowering? Please clarify if you're indeed flowering already

- To properly train those plants I recommend vegging them for another week atleast. Then do LST (Low Stress Training).. this you can do by taking Bending wires and tie them softly to bend the stems so they can get direct lighting and in return you'll find your plant becoming very fat because of extra branches.
good tutorial for LST: http://www.marijuanagrowing.eu/dubman-guide-low-stress-training-lst-t2335.html (not a link for RIU journals..)

- Then you could top or fim them to get more buds or cola's.. (look at my current plants.. )
good tutorial for fimming: https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/200413-fimming-m-blaze-complete-how.html

-Here's the best perpetual cycle ever created and it's from our very own Al. B
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/6592-get-harvest-every-2-weeks.html

You'll love it if you haven't seen it yet.

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First off Blackrose, thank you so much for all your help. Really liking your input and find it very helpful. I only have one non feminized strain, and little balls started popping out on the node below the lowest growth. Definitely a male. Showed sex way earlier than I have ever seem.
I am still in vegetative stage. I have topped 1 plant and fimmed another. The topped plant is doing great. Just fimmed this morning.

So I want the stem to get direct light so new growth comes out? Other wise make the main stem horizontal? Thanks

wonderblunder said:

I found a boy in with the girls today! that didn't last long. One of the Purple Widow seeds(only strain that I have non-feminized). I am hoping to get some clones to put in a 5 gallon DWC Bucket. I would also like to add that I built the new veg room (yesterdays pics) for $30 dollars including wood, screws and fans from a used construction materials store near my house. Dimenisions are 4 by 4' and 6 feet tall. The 400w MH in the parabolic will fit in there great and then I will start running the 1000 in the flowering room.
I need some help with a few things.

How should I start training these plants to maximize yield? I have topped the Flo and fimmed a Blueberry, but want to start tying them over or out.

Anybody know the best way to make a door out of Poly? Velcro?

Help figuring a perpetual cycle? 3 rooms, 12 plant maximum. Please help this is driving me fucking nuts.

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A couple of things. First, the esiest way I know of making a door is using a Tarp Zipper. They sell it at my local hydro shop and are easy to find online. They have adhesive strips and you just place them on the poly where you want your door, then unzip, and cut right down the middle of the zipper and Instant door. Here's a link
http://www.altgarden.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=218
Second, you might have cut that Purple widow down early, because unless it is flowering, there should be no pollen sacks. It might have just been an abnormal growth or something. And lastly, I dont know if you did already, but I have had bad expierience with putting hydrotron on the bottom of my pots for drainage when I used to use soil. Perlite works much better. I have read a lot of places and was mentioned in Jorge Cervantes ultimate grow to not put hydrotron on the bottom of your pots. Just so you know next time and if you notice weird problems when the plants get larger. But a good and well done grow all the way around. Im subscribed. Keep up the good work, I'm sure you'll be much happier with the results of this grow than previos ones.

Thanks Integra,
I hope I didn't cut that purple widow down to early. Whatever, it opened up a new seat for a Feminized white dwarf or feminized roadrunner. I am about to start working in the room and will update with pics when I am done, as long as I dont send myself to the hospital again today. Thank you for all your help.

I know a few who swear by hydroton in the bottom of the pots as something for those roots to grab onto. I hope I don't see any problems and things are a going.

Never knew sex can show up before flowering.. but pretty good that you've gotten rid of the male on time then.
If the stem gets direct sunlight, it will indeed trigger some branches to start developing bigger then it would have if left untrained.

I may have jumped the gun on killing the "male". I just saw them and killed it without thinking twice, next time maybe I will let it go for a few or get an expert opinion. Im gonna go out and get some 5 gallon pots for my big ones, and then some 4 gallons.

Hi everybody,
Thank you so much for all your advice, all is absorbed. I know a decent amount about marijuana cultivation but I don't think you can know everything. Trying to find a method that works and yields for me.

I built this new veg area, 4X4' and 6 ' tall, with the 400w MH in the parabolic in there.
On top of the veg area I put up (4) 2 lamp 48" flourescent fixtures. Total 8 bulbs. 4 bulbs are 6500k
2 bulbs are plant and aquarium Ecolux
2 bulbs are unknown.

Put my cloning device to work today after I topped the Flo for the 2nd time(looking for 4 colas)
Put a clone in a Rootech cloning gel, and into a roto rooter cube after soaking the cube in Thrive Alive(and water solution) and then into a cup under a 10X20 dome with tray.
Want to try both methods, and see which happens faster. I have had 100% success(except for freak occurences) with the cloning machine.

Also got my 5 gallon DWC bucket going. One of these clones is heading in there once it roots. I do not know anything about hydro but am planning to switch completely after a few soil runs. Tired of carrying black garbage bags of soil out in the middle of the night.

I want to start flowering 2 of my girls under the 1000w HPS and then add 2-3 every 2 weeks. plants are probably 5-6 inches tall and about 12 inches wide.

How big will my plants get if i flowered them now?

I need help with the DWC bucket. I dont have PPM meter and will not have one until I start switching over.

I had real good results with the technaflora set starting at half strength and worked up to about 75% during flowering. Also didnt have a ec pen at the time. Just start at half and see how she does.